Open Doors Launches Ministry for Traumatized Iraqi Children

Christian Today reports that a persecution watchdog group has launched a new support ministry to children inIraq who must live with ongoing violence. "Because we are working with a traumatized population, we have to address the issue of trauma. Training people to help traumatized children is one part of the course," said one Open Doors worker in Iraq. "Recently we gave a trauma counseling training course to help children. The group was very attentive, on-time and able to soak in the material. The group consisted of kindergarten teachers, orphanage workers, nuns, psychologists and social workers... Most of the class members had experienced a high level of violence, including car bombings, and other war related traumas themselves." The sessions work to help children and teenagers express their pain and enjoy being children again.